Farmers wanted more money in circulation in the late 1800's (specifically 1888) because they wanted to inflate the value of the dollar. They believed that because the dollar was strong, the food would cost more and in turn they could also pay back their loans on an inflated dollar.
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a. Cotton Mills
During the Reconstruction Era, Cotton became a protagonist in the industrial growth of the Southern States. Southern capitalists sank Money into cotton rather than factories or land. More precisely, they invested in slaves; the average slave owner held almost two-thirds of his wealth in slaves in 1860, much less than he held in land.
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